HR Lessons from TV’s Parks and Recreation
HR Issues Within the Fictional Workplace Headed By Ron Swanson. When you work in HR, it is hard to turn off your brain even after you leave the office. For me, this means I can’t help but think of the HR issues that abound in some of my favorite fictional workplaces. I was recently watching […]
Managing the Candidate Experience when Hiring for Many Openings #thecandidate
It’s Candidate Experience week on Blogging4Jobs powered by the cool folks at Talent Circles. Check back this week to follow 25+ blogs published on Candidate Experience and follow the conversation on twitter at #thecandidate. During the course of my last job at a grocery chain, I was heavily involved in the hiring and training of employees […]
The Pitfalls of Productivity by the Numbers
The Pitfalls of Productivity by the Numbers Businesses are constantly looking for ways to measure productivity in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The challenge is finding methods that accurately reflect how a business is doing. Sometimes business owners and executives want to see numbers that show everything from transactions per hour to customer […]
Debunking Three Job Search Myths
During my time in HR, I have done many interviews and hired a lot of people. As a result, friends often ask for job search and interview tips. In a time when a single job posting can garner hundreds of resume submissions, snagging the mythical interview can feel nearly impossible for a job seeker. There […]
Making Employee Terminations Less Difficult
In my last blog post I talked about corrective action. We explain to managers that corrective action serves two purposes: it gives us documentation and it gives employees the skills they need to enhance work performance and keep their jobs. Unfortunately, the end result is not always better work performance, and we occasionally have to […]
Supporting Managers on Corrective Action
How many times have you received a call from a manager wanting to fire an employee? They tell you that they’ve had it. The employee has been late 15 times in the last month. As HR professionals, we are programmed to ask the same questions: Have you written up the employee? Or, do you have […]
